Military Funeral Slated for Egypt's Slain Top Prosecutor

Hisham Barakat was killed on Monday when a bomb targeted his motorcade outside a military academy in Cairo.

The attack on the top prosecutor comes one day before the second anniversary of the June 30 protests (file photo).

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